British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will visit Tehran on Monday to become the first Western top diplomat to visit the country after the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal. Discussing the future of the nuclear deal, as well as regional and international issues will be on the agenda of his talks with the Iranian officials.

Iraqi President Barham Salih has announced that his country has agreed to establish a “free-trade zone” along its border with Iran, following a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani in Tehran.

Even if some Japanese refiners resume Iranian oil purchases thanks to the U.S. waiver, refiners have just a small window to clear all related transactions, so they are likely to finish loading potential cargoes from Iran by the end of March 2019, uncertain that their waiver will be extended beyond May, industry and trade sources tell S&P Global Platts.

After the United States failed to realize its dream of cutting Iranian oil exports down to zero by November 4, it’s continuing to pressures Iran’s costumers to do as much as it can in this regard. Iranian officials, however, say that the country will find ways to preserve its status in the energy market and US pressures will lead to nowhere.

For several weeks now, speculations on who was behind the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have become one of the major headlines of the everyday news of international media. An Iranian journalist based in London revealed new details on the motivations behind the story on Friday, saying that Khashoggi was killed because of shedding light on the financial resources of an Iranian opposition TV.

The new round of American sanctions against Iran came to effect officially today, with the US officials declaring that they’re trying to change the Islamic Republic’s behavior. For their part, Iranian officials say they have no problem with entering talks with the US, but have conditions for such a move.

The new US sanctions against Iran is set to target Iran’s oil industry, as well as its international economic interactions. While the Islamic Republic is mulling new measures for preserving its oil exports despite the sanctions, Washington declares new conditions for the costumers of Iranian oil.

America’s second stage sanctions will come into effect on Monday, prohibiting transactions with Iran’s ports and shipping companies; the purchase of petroleum and petrochemical products from Iran; transactions between foreign financial institutions and the Central Bank of Iran and other Iranian financial institutions; and the provision of underwriting services, insurance, or reinsurance.

The United States said on November 2 it will temporarily allow eight importers to keep buying Iranian oil when it re-imposes sanctions on November 5 to try to force Iran to curb its nuclear, missile and regional activities.

As part of its efforts to nullify the effects of Washington’s increasingly hostile moves, Iran has been trying to expand ties with the neighboring countries. While the Iranian foreign minister is in Istanbul for tripartite talks with his Turkish and Azeri counterparts, Iran’s top military commander is set to hold high-ranking talks with the Azeri military officials.

Reacting to the violent terrorist attack in Ahvaz that resulted in the death of dozens of Iranian soldiers and civilians, high-ranking Iranian authorities vow to take revenge from the terrorists and to eradicate the threats against the country.

As the Israeli regime is stick to its policy of targeting the so-called Iranian positions in Syria in order to cut the Islamic Republic ties with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, the leader of the Lebanese resistance movement says it’s too late for Tel Aviv and the movement has already acquired whatever weapons it needs to face the threats.

Crude oil price on Tuesday rose to over $78 per barrel as United States sanctions squeezed Iranian crude exports, tightening global supply despite efforts by Washington to get other producers to increase output.